My School Productions from Devised Drama, is a teaching resource for the drama teacher looking to experiment with developing devised dramas into full school productions as a change from the usual scripted suspects schools so often use. It’s now available.
Based on real experiences of devising a range of ideas developed into public shows at both Benjamin Britten High School, Lowestoft and Kirkley High School, Lowestoft it provides over 200 starting points, development grids, character ideas, themed approaches, drama teacher ‘block buster’ suggestions and research references galore.
School Productions from Devised Drama is published on TES Resources with a free detailed Introduction followed by 13 separate sections:
1. Getting started, getting excited
2. Using (local) history
3. Using the 1960s
4. Using teenage angst
5. Using tradition
6. Using the generations
7. Using literature, TV and film
8. Using characters to drive … Read entire article »